The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s1.t6.1

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In Alexander's time and earlier, Taxila (to the northwest of modern Rawalpindi in the Punjab) was one of the greatest cities of Asia. The *Jâtakas* (Buddhist Birth-stories) describe it as a university town and the centre especially of *Âyurvedic* (medical) learning. Commanding as it did a strategic position in regard to the Afghan frontier it was selected as the seat of the northwestern viceroyalty of the Maurya Empire.